Why does the author include these sentences in the article? "When Japan invaded China in 1937, it used 50,000 bike riding troops." "In World War II, British soldiers
were equipped with folding bikes." "In Sweden, soldiers used bikes for transportation until the 1980s."
to show the improvements in bicycles from the 1930s to the 1940s to the 1980s
to show that militaries from all over the world have used bicycles
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to compare the different ways that bicycles were used by these bike-riding soldiers
to explain how bikes are used in peacetime, as well as during wars

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from context clues heliotrope is probably a flower.

a heliotrope are peruvian plants that have small purplish plants.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”